Mobiveil says the board’s combination of a built-in Freescale multi-core QorIQ processor in conjunction with its optional multi-core DSP expansion socket make it possible to implement a multi-protocol acceleration engine within the AMC form-factor. Additionally, the board can provide complete Layer 1-3 baseband processing capabilities, for use in LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA applications. Other noteworthy features include the on-board RAID and SATA2 controllers and built-in security engine with DPI (deep packet inspection) capabilities.

Mobiveil AMCP3041 block diagram
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Freescale QorIQ P3041

The Freescale quad-core QorIQ P3041 communications processor, which forms the core of the Mobiveil AMCP3041 ATM board, is based on Power Architecture processor technology. The chip’s block diagram appears below.

According to Freescale, a single AMC card based on the quad-core P3041 can handle mixed control plane and data plane applications, instead of requiring two separate AMC boards. As described by Freescale, the quad-core P3041’s built-in hardware hypervisor facilitates this by virtue of “its capability to safely provision flexible core allocations into groups running SMP, one core running alone, separate cores running in parallel, or a core running end-user applications.”

Mobiveil AMCP3041 features and specs

Key features and specs of Mobiveil’s AMCP3041 AMC board, as listed by the company, include: